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The elaborate façades of Lucerne’s
medieval buildings on Weinmarkt
The fountain in Kapellplatz (p205) is crowned
by a figure of Fritschi, a legendary character
associated with spring and joy. He is celebrated
at Fasnacht, Lucerne’s great spring festival.

A relief showing Christ
FINISH and his disciples in the
Garden of Gethsemane,
W E G G I S G A S S E S TERNEN– St Peterskapelle’s
is set into the chapel of
PL ATZ
south wall.

The covered Chapel Bridge
K APELL–
PL ATZ (p202) has become the
symbol of Lucerne.
E I S E N G A S S E
K A P E L LG A S S E Originally built in the 14th
century, the footbridge
was partly destroyed by
fire in 1993 and has
been reconstructed.
F U R R E N G A S S E
0 metres 30 N
R AT H A U S Q U A I 0 yards 30

Pretty Chapel
Bridge, stretching
over the Reuss
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